This 2004 expansion to the Museum of Modern Art in New York by Yoshio Taniguchi adds modernism to Cesar Pelli’s greenhouse design. This $315 million renovation opened wide spaces into the tower, including a 33 meter tall atrium. Philip Johnson’s exterior sculpture garden becomes a greater focal point of the scheme.
Critics have complained that the large new expansion takes away the characteristic intimacy and out of scale with the art being displayed. But the advantages are often ill-considered by critics. For example, circulation starts to be interactive as stairways and interior windows connect viewers and with other viewers. Also, new media like video projections easily fill the daylighted spaces in an incredibly interesting way.
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